When Westerners started to arrive in Japan in the mid-nineteenth century, they were full of admiration for the Japanese custom of daily bathing, which they saw as a mark of cleanliness and hygiene.

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WILLIAM HURST is Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development and Co-Director of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University ...

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Before Pearl Harbor and World War II, Japan was already on a dangerous path. This documentary explores how ultranationalism took root during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras, fueled by economic ...

On this toasty summer day, I suggest that words such as “liberal” and “conservative” have become confused, misused, and overused to the degree that they are useless and meaningless — particularly ...

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Ours isn’t the first time when political opponents are labeled demonic, says scholar and author Michael E. Heyes.

Time is running out for Thailand, and the stakes have never been higher. As Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira arrived in ...

India hopes to raise domestic value addition in electronics, but China’s rare earth restrictions have exposed just how ...